Chapter 113: Beyond Perception

Hengshan Island, He Ming, holding his phone, glanced thoughtfully at Wang Zhiwu and chuckled, “Your girlfriend’s name is Zhang Ziying, right?”

Li Yunfei replied, “Exactly. Is there a problem?”

He Ming nodded, “There definitely is. Ziying is one of the very few nationwide with a top-tier Class A qualification. The state values her highly.”

“At Hengshan Academy, everyone else only receives a monthly stipend of 3 to 8 spirit stones in 200-gram denominations, but she alone gets 10.”

“Moreover, she has the privilege to request the Mystic Division to forge an exclusive divine weapon or treasure for free. Every time she breaks through a major realm, she’s awarded a substantial reward to help stabilize her cultivation.”

“If you want her to graduate early, you first need to prove your own strength and ensure that this rare gem won’t have her cultivation compromised after leaving the academy. Only then will the academy consider your request. Do you understand what I mean?”

Li Yunfei smiled. He Ming’s words were not mere hints—they were outright declarations. How could he not understand?

Without hesitation, he said, “Senior, how about this? I personally sponsor Hengshan Academy with ten tons of Spirit-grade beast meat and one ton of Yin God-grade beast meat. Would that be suitable?”

Spirit-grade beast meat is currently the highest grade available on the market, worth five spirit stones per kilogram, while Yin God-grade beasts are exceedingly rare.

Some Yin God-grade beasts have even transformed into true demons, making them nearly impossible for ordinary beast hunters to take down.

Those rare Yin God-grade beasts that have been hunted are priceless—usually given as gifts or saved for personal consumption by close friends and family. Few dare to sell them.

Ten tons of Spirit-grade beast meat is worth 50,000 spirit stones, and one ton of Yin God-grade beast meat is so rare that even spirit stones might not be enough to buy it. For a private individual, this is an enormous expenditure.

Converted into currency, it means Li Yunfei has donated over a billion yuan to the academy. Which tycoon could be so extravagantly generous?

The so-called Yin God-grade beast meat is actually from a weasel demon. Li Yunfei only cut one kilogram to sell to the system’s marketplace in exchange for unlimited purchase rights; he didn’t take more.

He deliberately spared one weasel demon for meat, while the others had their essence and spirit energy drained by the Bloodthirsty Flying Sword, leaving their meat worthless.

Li Yunfei chose to donate beast meat instead of spirit stones because the origin of the meat would not be scrutinized.

After all, it’s no problem for a Yin God-level expert to hunt Spirit-grade beasts. That’s nothing.

Beasts have fewer methods than cultivators and generally cannot defeat cultivators of the same level, so using Yin God-grade beast meat as a gift is perfectly reasonable.

But if it were spirit stones, then the question arises: where did you get so many spirit stones? If that can’t be explained, it becomes troublesome.

To avoid such trouble, Li Yunfei preferred to inconvenience himself by buying beast meat from the system’s marketplace with spirit stones, then donating it to Hengshan Academy.

Zixiao should not be lacking spirit stone mines since these resources are recyclable. If they really lacked them, even adding another mine would be a drop in the ocean and ineffective.

Therefore, Li Yunfei decided to acquire the Shennongjia spirit stone mine.

***

At Hengshan Island, Wang Zhiwu, standing beside He Ming, smiled. He Ming, seeing this, chuckled knowingly, “Alright, you know how to handle things. I’ll help you with this favor. Once you bring the meat over, call me at the gate.”

Li Yunfei felt relieved and happily said, “Thank you, Senior He. I’ll start preparing right away.”

“Hm, go ahead.”

After hanging up, Li Yunfei smiled at Zhang Ziying and said, “Looks like there won’t be any problem. Once this is settled, you’ll come with me to Changping!”

Zhang Ziying beamed and gently punched his chest, “Then I’ll stick with you, Brother Dafei.”

Li Yunfei laughed heartily, slapping his chest, “With Brother Dafei, you can’t go wrong. I’ll always have your back, hahaha…”

***

Li Yunfei did not head straight to Hengshan Island. He deliberately delayed a little to show that he was preparing just now, not earlier.

After lunch at the hotel, Li Yunfei checked out with Zhang Ziying and Honghong.

At the parking lot, he had Zhang Ziying drive his car with Honghong in front while he entered the refrigerated truck to load the promised beast meat before driving behind them toward Hengshan Island.

Arriving at Xiangshan District, they drove along Bianhe Street onto Tourism Road and soon reached the Yunmeng Bridgehead.

Electric gates and a guardhouse had been set up, with armed police standing watch. Their vehicles were stopped.

The duty officer approached the SUV and softened upon seeing Zhang Ziying at the wheel. She had left from here that morning and was registered at the guardhouse; they recognized her.

The duty officer saluted first, glanced at Honghong in the passenger seat, then at the vehicle behind, and asked Zhang Ziying, “Comrade, what are you transporting in this vehicle?”

Zhang Ziying smiled warmly with maximum friendliness and answered softly, “Some cultivation resources.”

Though these armed policemen were ordinary people, Zhang Ziying held no disdain. They were comrades serving the nation; no one was superior.

As the saying goes, revolution does not distinguish nobility or lowliness, only different roles.

The duty officer, though favorably disposed toward Zhang Ziying, was bound by duty and cautious, asking doubtfully, “We haven’t received notice of any cultivation resource deliveries today.”

Zhang Ziying replied, “These aren’t Zixiao’s resources. They’re donated by a private grand cultivator to the academy. The dean has been informed. He should be on the phone now. Please wait a moment.”

Reassured, the officer saluted again and returned to the guardhouse.

Sure enough, shortly after, the phone rang. After answering, the officer pressed the gate-opening button.

The electric gate slid aside. Zhang Ziying started the car and drove forward. The armed police on duty stood at attention and saluted; Zhang Ziying honked the horn in response.

Li Yunfei followed behind in the refrigerated truck, passing over Yunmeng Bridge and arriving at the plaza at Hengshan Island’s entrance.

He Ming and Wang Zhiwu were already there with a group of instructors.

After parking, the three got out. When Li Yunfei approached, Zhang Ziying and Honghong flanked him, deliberately keeping half a step behind, ready to greet He Ming and Wang Zhiwu.

Li Yunfei quietly appraised the two men, nodding inwardly. Both bore the ethereal aura of Taoist cultivators, giving a pleasant impression.

Yet one cultivated the spiritual path, the other martial, making them easy to distinguish. The one in white was naturally He Ming.

He Ming and Wang Zhiwu scrutinized Li Yunfei and Honghong more closely and grew increasingly astonished.

They had been told his cultivation was only mid-Yin God level, but why could they not perceive him?

Not only could they not see through Li Yunfei, but they also couldn’t discern the little girl beside him.

There were only three possibilities: either the young man and the girl were of the same realm as them, or they possessed special means or treasures to conceal their aura and cultivation, or their cultivation was stronger than theirs—which was unlikely.

Thus, it could only be the first two scenarios.

Which of these two the young and small figures represented was yet unknown.